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About the Rule Group Explorer

The relationships between parent and child rule groups is a hierarchy. The Rule Group Explorer (see Figure 6) is a graphical representation of the rule group hierarchy (tree) and provides a convenient way to navigate the entire rule group hierarchy.

Figure 6.  The Rule Group Explorer

Figure 6 shows the following relationships:

• Root-level rule groups
• Child rule groups and their characteristics:
  • Rule Groups (lists all child rule groups for the current rule group)
  • Rules
  • Designees
  • Inheritable Rules

Rules in rule groups at the bottom of a hierarchy are processed first, moving up one level each time no rule in the previous level passes. Within each level in the hierarchy, the rules are processed by ascending order of sequence number.

Administrators (AAs and DAs) use the Rule Group Explorer to create and maintain rule group hierarchies. AAs have organization visibility, so they see the rules for their specific organization or organizations. Typically, AAs use the Rule Group Explorer views in the assignment administration screen but can also use the views in the delegated assignment administration screen. DAs must use the My Rule Group Explorer view in the delegated assignment screen and can see only rule groups for which they are an owner or designee, and the rule groups and rules that appear below (subtree).

DAs can only create a new rule group below one for which they are the owner or designee, and this new rule group is considered a child rule group. DAs can also create grandchild rule groups, great-grandchild rule groups, and so on.

For more information about rule groups, see About Hierarchical Rule Groups.